Featured Tasting Notes

Oh yeah, this is the business.
I don’t know what it’s doing outside, but inside, it is relatively cool. Perfect for this eggnog rich green.
Sometimes, the allspice is just a teeny bit much for me—that is to say, in some sips—but usually, all here is perfect.
I continue to be bewildered to some extent that eggnog flavours work so beautifully with the butter green Read Full Note

So, this was a unique experience for me!
We have a regular(ish) customer who comes in about once a month and buy a kilogram of Cardamom French Toast and a kilogram of Cream of Earl Grey. Basically, he makes his own beer – and two of the ones he makes are tea infused. One is a “London Fog” beer, and the other is a Cinnamon Toast Crunch beer (yes, like the cereal) that also has Read Full Note

I don’t know whether it is age or flavouring, but I am getting a bit of plasticky kind of imitation flavour going on here. Similar to the flavouring of On Wisconsin, which for me strikes a false note. A shame because there are lovely lilts of stone fruit sweetness here and a wee bit of tartness, but I am distracted by that thick cloying plastic overlay.
Perhaps the nex Read Full Note

Today, I devoted time to shuffling and sorting teas from place to place. Since I am mostly drinking green and oolongs and herbals and tisanes these days, I decided to arrange those teas to make them more easily accessible while giving the black teas a bit of a rest backstage.
Of course, this created a surge of newly excavated and heretofore forgotten teas. Sorting Read Full Note

It’s a perfect day here: rain and cool airy freshness. Perfect for me and my world, especially after the past hectic week.
The difficulty is getting up and getting dressed and getting out the door. Everything hurts.
And my energy may have run out a few days ago.
Anyway, I am in bed with this delicious lemon curd pastry tea for now. Maybe I will rally. Read Full Note